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Having spent less than 3% of annual U.S. military budget in security assistance, Ukraine managed to cut Russia’s combat capacity in half, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said at a press conference in Kyiv on Aug. 23.
Additionally, he pointed out that U.S. intelligence had made an error ahead of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, greatly overestimating the strength of the Russian army.
“When the Russian invasion began, we were told that Kyiv would fall in four days, and the country — in three weeks,” Graham adds.
Russia has not suspended mobilization and is currently considering an additional 450,000 people, says Defense Ministry's Chief Intelligence Officer Budanov
"This war will end when the United States stops funding Ukraine," says Vivek Ramaswamy, a candidate in the Republican presidential primary.
President Zelensky denied Ukraine's involvement in the crash of Prigozhin's plane and added that everyone understands who was involved.
The Finnish police detained a Russian man suspected of committing terrorist crimes in Luhansk and Donetsk regions from June 2014 to August 2015.
Ukraine has requested his extradition.
As you know, 24 August is Ukraine's Independence Day. Hackers decided to remind Russians of this by playing our national anthem.
The national anthem was played from CCTV cameras equipped with speakers. At some point, in a number of Russian cities, these cameras "rebelled" and the Ukrainian anthem was played.
The russians started to get hysterical
The video began with a "based speech" for the Russians. A voice coming from the cameras reminded them that they lived in a country that was powerful and invincible only on TV.
The anthem of Ukraine was played in Yekaterinburg, Anapa, Nizhny Novgorod, Moscow, Belgorod, Kirov, and Novosibirsk. The video shows employees squirming in cafes, shops, warehouses and service stations.
Beer producer Heineken has exited the Russian market. It transferred its assets to the Russian Arnest Group for a symbolic €1. Heineken had seven breweries and 1,800 employees in Russia.
Ukrainian flag over Berdiansk on Ukrainian Independence Day.
Berdiansk residents sent a video and claim that a Ukrainian flag was flying at a post on the Melitopol highway! It was installed at night, and the occupiers were able to take it down only around lunchtime.
Russian Volunteer Corps (formation of Russian citizens fighting for Ukraine) appealed to fighters of Wagner Group:
"If you have not committed war crimes on the territory of Ukraine, then we suggest you to join our ranks and first finish this bloody meat grinder of the so-called "SVO", and then march to Moscow again, but this time not to stop 200km from the Moscow Ring Road, but to reach the end!
In case you voluntarily switch to the side of Ukraine, the AFU and the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine will guarantee you safety and decent conditions!"
GUR fighters enter a Russian helicopter donated to the Ukrainian Armed Forces by a young Russian pilot. Photo by Artem Shevchenko, one of the fighters and one of the developers of the operation.
The pilot's military unit is located at the Chernihivka airfield in Primorsky Krai, Russia (military unit 13984).
From the very beginning, the officer "understood the criminality and unjustness of the war unleashed by his aggressive state".
The issue of veterans is going to be a very big one.